If last minute shopping, cooking, wrapping, and baking have you frazzled, take a few moments (6 minutes and 31 seconds to be exact!) and listen to this “De-Stressing Meditation” which I recorded. This is also useful if you are feeling ill or have been ill; it has a de-toxifying effect as well.
Enjoy!
Is this a busy time of year or what? Not only are you in the middle of cheerleading competition season, but you’re also getting ready for the holidays!
It’s easy to feel stressed out and hassled so I’m offering you a little gift. This is a recording of a lovely little meditation that is designed to calm and relax you. It’s called Self-Calming Meditation and it’s about 10 minutes long. It begins with the sound of a bell and some soothing music and then my voice. People really like it and I hope you do, too! (more…)
Last week you saw how an unpleasant interaction between a cheerleading coach and a cheerleader could be diffused using the Transactional Analysis (TA) paradigm.
To refresh your memory, the series of interactions (or transactions as they are called in TA) were as follows: (more…)
Yesterday, you saw how a seemingly innocent question from a cheerleading coach led to a nasty interaction with a cheerleader (all hypothetical, of course).
According to Transactional Analysis (TA), the way your Parent, Adult, and Child ego states or personality parts are constructed depends on your own history – the way you were treated by parents, siblings, and other people in your life plus your own life experiences. (more…)
Yesterday I showed a simple transaction between c cheerleading coach and a cheerleader. The coach reminded the athlete about cheerleading practice time and the response was neutral.
Today, as promised, I will show how a simple interaction can result in conflict. (more…)
The format I introduced yesterday can be helpful to cheerleading coaches and cheerleaders in understanding and resolving conflict which may pop up on a team. Today’s post builds on that. (more…)
One of the toughest jobs cheerleading coaches have is managing conflict that might erupt on a cheerleading squad. It’s bound to happen sooner or later and I’m sure most cheer coaches have created methods that work well for them.
A good way to approach conflict is to try to understand why and how it happens. There are tons of theories in psychology but a framework I like is based on something called Transactional Analysis or TA. (more…)
Yesterday I began to address a problem that exists in any group or organization (including cheerleading teams) – conflict. Let’s face it – discord is going to be present from time to time whenever two or more people get together. Personalities, needs and egos can clash, differences of opinions emerge, and there might be a scramble for power and control.
Lest I sound too pessimistic, let me reassure you that I also have infinite confidence in the ability of humans to work through discord and forge loving supportive relationships. (more…)
It can happen on any cheerleading team. Sometimes there’s friction. Sometimes there’s a cheerleader who is particularly difficult or it may be several who seem to disrupt the unity of a team. There are many variations on this kind of scenario.
A few days ago, a cheerleader wrote to me asking for my help in dealing with a member of her team who “is a bragger and who puts people down.” Since I realize that this is not an isolated incident, I thought I would share with my readers what I told her. (more…)
Some cheerleaders are so engaged in negative thinking that their performance suffers.
Does this sound like you?
You tell yourself:
If so, read on! (more…)